Necktie



V. NAFTALI NECKTIE Fbb.16,1943.

Filed May 4, 1939 s Sheets-Sheet 1 INV'ENTOR [441.5N7'WNE NA F TA LATTORNEY Feb. 16,1943. v. NAFTALI'Y 2,311,460

Filed May 4, 1939 3 Sheet s-Sheet 2 INVENTOR KILENT/NE NAFTAL/ ATTORNEYFeb. 16, 1943. v. NAFTALL 2,311,460

NECKTIE Filed May 4, 1939 3 =$heets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR MLE'NT/NE MFTAL/ATTORNEY" Patented Feb. 16, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE NECKTIEValentine Naftali, Pelham Manor, N. Y.

Application May 4, 1939, Serial No. 271,640

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to neckties of the four-in-hand type, thatis, the type in which a knot is formed and where the ends of the tiehang below the knot, and the general objects of the invention are toenhance the appearance of the knot and the tie and to provide a more orless novel characteristic knot.

The principal object of the invention is to obtain suitable stiffness inand along the length of that end of the tie which cooperates with theknot forming portion of the tie. By folding such cooperating endportion, usually the small end of the tie, longitudinally when the tieis manufactured or by constructing such cooperating end portion so thatwhen folded longitudinally by the wearer of the tie, such cooperatingportion will tend to remain thus folded when the knot is being formed.

Another object of the present invention is to enable a knot to be formedwhich may be narrower than the usual knot and which is fuller or thickerfrom front to back than usual, such object being maintained by sostiffening the cooperating end portion along such length thereof as mayfall within the knot, and extend somewhat beyond the same, that the knottends to maintain its fulled out or thicker condition, instead oftending to be flattened out and crushed inwardly towards the wearer ofthe tie.

Another object of the invention is to overcome the usual tendency of thecooperating end portion of the tie to turn or twist within and adjacentto the knot, so that when the tie is tied the depending end of thecooperating end portion of the tie will lie just back of the dependingwide end of the knot forming portion of the tie, thereby increasing theneat appearance of the tie.

These being among the objects of the present invention, the sameconsists of certain features of construction and combinations of partsto be hereinafter described and claimed with reference to theaccompanying drawings showing desirable embodiments of the invention,and wherein Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the improved tie showing oneembodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is an elevation slightly enlarged, parts being broken away,showing the improved cooperating end portion of the tie, and viewedtowards the front thereof;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section on the line 3-3, Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the improved tie shown in the firststage of attempting to form theknot;

Fig. 5 is a similar kind of perspective view showing that a completeturn of the knot forming portion of the tie had been made around thecooperating end portion;

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the knotted tie according to the presentinvention, parts being broken away;

Fig. '7 is a side elevation of the knotted tie shown in Fig. 6;

. Fig. 8 is a rear elevation of the knotted tie shown in Fig. 6;

Fig. 9 is an enlarged transverse section on the line 99, Fig. 8, lookingin the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 10 is a face view of a portion of the lining and the cooperatingend portion of the tie, showing a slight modification, and

Fig. 11 is a side view thereof.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the tie casing or covering includes anend portion ll, usually the small end of the tie, which cooperates withthe knot forming portion l2 of the tie, usually'the large end thereof,the portions II' and I2 being connected by a neck-band portion l3, suchbeing the usual elements of a four-in-hand tie. The tie may be made ofany desirable fabric [4 such as used in neckties, to constitute thecovering or casing of the tie.

- Lining l5 of the tie may be made of suitable bias cut fabric and itmay be stiffened longitudinally by tapes or strips l6, preferablysecured to the lining by adhesive, such stiffening elements extendingalong the face of. the lining, and to either, or both sides of anintermediate line thereof, fora distance preferably extending within thecooperating end portion H corresponding to the length to be obtained bythe ultimate knot formed in theother portion l2 of the tie, andpreferably for some distance beyond the top and bottom of the ultimateknot.

Preferably each tape or strip I6 is of a width approximating the Widthof one-half of the lining 15. Each strip or tape It may be made of anysuitable material, preferably fabric, such as surgeon's tape, which maybe out on the bias.

the lining has been secured by the stitching tothe tie, while the tiecasing or covering is Wrong side out, the same being inverted thereafterin the usual manner to position the lining within the tie.

In applying the so made tie around the neck in order to form the knotand tie the necktie, the wearer is enabled to start the tie in the usualmanner by extending the knot forming portion I2 of the tie over thecooperating end portion II, as shown in Fig. 4, but in doing so thewearer folds the cooperating end portion II longitudinally preferably inthe direction of the arrows in Fig. 3 so as to create a longitudinallyfolded portion I8 held on edge in the zone in which the knot is to beformed, as shown in Fig- 4. With a little instruction the wearer of suchtie will know what to do and whenthe folded portion I8 is created in thecooperating end portion I I, the wearer can easily maintain such foldedcondition due to the stiffening provided by the tapes or strips I6, andwhether one of them I nally folded portion I8 on edge against the shirtof the wearer to support that length of the knot forming portion I2which extends over the onedge standing portion I8.

In Fig. 5 there is shown the next step in forming a knot, where the knotforming portion I! of the tie is shown at I9 as completely looped aroundthe on-edge standing longitudinallyfo'lded length I8 of the operatingend portion II. While the partly formed knot as shown. in Fig. 5 isbeing formed, the wearer with a little care, can maintain. thelongitudinally folded portion f8 of the'end. II; in sition to standonedge, so that the same will fall within the ultimate knot and extendpreferably above and below the knot.

Referring to Figs. 6, 7' and 8,. the knot is shown as completelyf'ormedand usually and preferably there will be created automatically an inwarddepression 2I' or the. like in front of the tie just below the knot. Dueto the longitudinal fold l8i n the cooperating end portion of' the tie,and the fact that the stiffness of the tape or tapes I6 within the knotholdsthe portion I8 standing on edge, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9,theknot-will usually be somewhat narrower than theusual knot and theknot will have considerable fullness or thickness from front toback, asshown in- Fig. l, and is not apt to be crushed back against the wearerof the tie.

Referring to Figs. -8 and 9, it will be-noted that when the knot-is tiedin accordance with the the edges, so that the section of the cooperatingend portion I I which depends from the knot will fall directly behindand be hidden by the depending end of portion I2 and the portion II willbe prevented from being seen from the front of the tie.

Figs. 10 and 11 illustrate a modified construction of the cooperatingend portion II a of the tie, wherein the longitudinally folded over sidelengths of said portion Ila are securely held together in opposedrelation as by the means of the fastening element 26, which may residein tacking formed by stitching the said side lengths 25 together. Inthis way, and when the cooperating end portion Ila of the tie is made inaccordance With the invention, the necessity that the wearer of the tiein tying hold manually folded the portion Ila is avoided and madeunnecessary. In other respects said modified conpresent inventiontheedges of the sides 22 of ated which in turn, clue to the tension on the"ends of the tie, forms side pockets 24 in that section of the knotforming portion. I 2' which extends within and is directly underneaththe knot- Z IT: Into-one of these pockets 24' the folded over length lI8 of the cooperating end portion II will fall, dependingupon whethertheknot is formed by a left handed or a righthanded person. Theresultant effect is that when the knot is fully tied the longitudinallyfolded section I8 will be hidden. within one. of the pockets I2. and,due to. the'stiifn'e'ss of. the longitudinally folded portion I.8'andthe resultant condition. forced in.the knot. of; the tieg. the.depending lower end. of; the knot forming portion I2 of the tie willbesomewhat humped up away from the wearer and will: gradually flare. awayfrom the knot along struction will serve the same purpose as in theconstruction previously described.

Whethera definite line of longitudinal fold is obtained in the manner ofthe modification referred to or is obtained manually by the wearer ofthe tie, it will be noted that the tie has greater flexibility along theline of the ultimate fold, thus permitting the fold line to be readilycreated.

On the other hand, additional stiffness for the lining can obviously beobtained by employing a lining of less soft material than usual, such asa lining like mohair, cambric-muslin, hair cloth or with rubber-like orother coatings, such charac-- teristic of the lining" extendingpreferably entirely across the width of the lining, so that when thecooperating end portion of a tie provided with such lining is foldedlongitudinally, the user may create a forced fold in the linin itself ofthe cooperating end portion, due to the stiffness of the lining, whichwill tend. to hold its shape because of the fact that such relativelystiff lining has been doubled: over lengthwise of itself. While such adefinite fold. can be created in a sufficiently stifi" lining, amanufacturer of the improved. tie also can fold the appropriate end ofsuch lining longitudinally and iron a fold into it, andthen theliningcan be flattened out to be sewed into the necktie, whilewrong-side out, but without removing the line of fold which has thusbeen created;

In all cases it is to be understood that when the preferred fulled outand relatively narrow knot is formed, the front cross-over portion ofthe knot is' turned in more than usual at the sides and around the thuslongitudinal folded section of the cooperating end' portion of the tiewhich stands on edge, and when the knot is completely tied thelongitudinally folded end portion will have the sides of thefront of theknot extend to each side of the fold so that the cooperating end portionof the tie is not shifted to one side below the knot, and is more orless centralized on edge at points within. and have somedistance beyondthe knot. Furthermore, the cooperating end portion of the tie along itsthus stiffened length'whenfolded longitudinally on edge instarting tomake the knot, even if the fold is not positively secured as in themodification, Figs. 10 and 11, has a tendency to maintain itself whilesliding the knot type, in cornv bination, a tubular outer fabric casingand a lina fold line to automatically fold the lining 1ongitudinallysubstantially in half to provide a folded portion in the small end ofthe tie when the said tie is made up into a knot, the said foldedportion cooperating with a fold in the said large end of the tie, thesaid stiffening members being resistant to crushing in a transversedirection to maintain the finished knot against flattenin or crushingfrom front to back.

VALENTINE NAFI'ALI.

